精品解析：广东省汕头市东厦中学2022-2023学年高三上学期12月月考英语试题

2022-2023学年高三年级12月阶段考试 英语科试卷 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的班级、姓名、座位号、试室号、考生号分别填写在答题卡上，用2B铅笔将考生号填涂在答题卡上。 2．第一部分单项选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。 3．第二部分必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答卷前必须先填好答题纸的密封线内各项内容。答案必须写在答题纸上各题目指定区域内相应位置上;如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案;不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 第一部分 阅读理解 第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 A These destinations march to the beat of their own drum. So put on your dancing shoes and head to these sweet-sounding cities. New Orleans In the 19th century, slaves gathered on Sundays to play drums, dance, and sing in Congo Square. Those lively rhythms of Africa ran head on with the sounds of Europe to create jazz, a typical American art form that has inspired generations of Americans and spread around the globe. But this isn’t suit-wearing, head-nodding, polite jazz. New Orleans jazz sweeps you off your feet and makes you jump and clap and sing along. Chicago Large numbers of African Americans left the South in search of better opportunities during 1916~1970 and Chicago attracted scores of these people, who brought with them the sound of the Mississippi River. Here, it changed into something sad and symphonic: blues. Blues was not born in Chicago, but it was here that it found a new voice and began to spread its message around the world. Memphis Memphis is the birthplace of rock and roll. It was here in Sun Studios in the summer of 1951 that Ike Turner and his band the Delta Cats recorded “Rocket 88”, widely regarded as the first rock and roll song. But, like so many great things, it happened by accident the guitarist’s loudspeaker broke down during the recording, creating a unique guitar sound that would become a hallmark of the music. People didn’t know how to classify it, but they knew they loved it. The rest is history. New York City New York is one of the world’s greatest cities where you can listen to all kinds of music. But to experience a true New York state of mind